TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2637, 24 March 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 20. Queen Victoria has been proclaimed Sovereign of Pondoland. ~." The yacht Britannia won the chief prize at Cannes regatta. The Prince of Wales was on board. Upwards of 20,000 people attended General Booth's jubilee. H.M.S. Crescent has resumed her voyage to Australia. A lady has bequeathed General Booth £20,000. It is intended to raise £60,000 additional prior to July, to provide for an extension of the Army's work in America and Japan, and funds for the establishment of an over sea-colony. March 21. Two young students at Oxford agreed to commit suicide by taking prussic acid. The sudden death of the first frightenedthe second, who called in the police. Spofforth, in the "New Review," declares that Australian cricket has only developed crudsly, and that perfection will be attained in 20 years. A statement has been received in New York that Martin, the New York " Jack the Ripper," mutilated the body of a girl' 11 years of age and boiled the remains. March 22. Senator Boulanger, who was recently appointed Minister for the Colonies in France, expresses bis determination to reorganise the Colonial Department in order to develop commerce, and thus compete with England and Germany. Owing to the Czar's personal negotiations, the Austrian Government have agreed to the establishment of a commercial treaty. News has been received that a Belgian expedition seized the road leading to Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa, and defeated the Arabs. Sir John Lubbock has made a start in forming a Britannic League on the lines of Sir Charles Tupper proposals. An invitation has been sent to the colonial Agents-general to join in the movement, but the later refer the question to their respective Governments before deciding. At the Empire League dinner Sir Thomas M'llwraith justified the adoption of Freetrade (? Protection) in the colony, and declared that owing to Freetrade English agriculture was in its present miserable condition. Federation, he thought, would be shelved until the interests of the colonies were more identical. Mr Reid said that in new lands Freetrade had induced high tariffs and work, and expressed the opinion that it was impossible that Liberals could refuse colonial demands. Paris, March 21. Senator Boulanger has been appointed Minister of French Colonies. The Government have decided to fortify Timbuctoo. Vienna, March 21. The death is announced of Louis Kossuth, the veteran Hungaiian patriot, aged 92 years. Washington, March 21. The new Tariff Bill repeals the treaties established under the McKinley law. Singapore, March 21. The Malays attacked the Spaniards on the Phillipine Islands, but got badly worsted and lost two hundred of their number. Hong Kong, March 21. Twenty-seven conspirators, concerned in a plot to dynamite the King and the Ministers of Corea, were beheaded. ,——♦ AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, March 21. Sir G. R. Dibbs, speaking at the Licensed Victuallers' dinner, said that he hoped the liquor question would be settled in a manner just to a class of | people who contributed something like £IOO,OOO annually to the revenue of the country. A severe cyclone swept over the Bourke district this morning. Several houses were blown down and many buildings unroofed. The captain of a ship, which has arrived at Newcastle from Buenos Ayres, reports that a number of New Australians begged a passage back to the colonies, and some offered £lO, but as he did not wish to carry passengers he had to decline. The Massilia's passengers have been released from quarantine. A good alluvial field has' been discovered near Wellington. A rush has set in, and the piospects are regarded as excellent. Another discovery of alluvial gold is reported at Clyde River, in the South district. It is stated that 4o*sS to the bucket has been obtained, but this lacks confirmation. The Chief Inspector of Mines reports that there is sufficient population on the Wyalong goldfields for some time to come, and says that people who have not sufficient means to keep them prospecting for a month should not go to the locality. March 22. The Premier (Sir G. R. Dibbs), in introducing the Appropriation Bill, said that he would not prolong the life of the Parliament more than was necessary, but it would still require a couple of months to complete the electoral machinery. Mr G. H. Reid, leader of the Opposition, accepted the Premier's assurance. Mr R. Price Williams, railway expert, who was recently in New Zealand, is negotiating with the Government of New South Wales for thu construction of railways to develop the resources of the colony. His proposal is somewhat on the lines of land-gr.uit railways combined with villngo settlements, but not involve the iilienaiion of Crown lands or the expenditure of public money. He suggests that projected railways should be placed in the hands of a trust for 21 years after their conntruotion, so that expenditure may b;j recouped by a sinking fund established for the extinction in that time of the cost of construction. There is not tho slightest likelihood of the Government entertaining Mr PriceWilliams's railway proposals. At tho agricultural and pastoral show, in tho Ayrshire section Mr K. B. Ferguson, of Otago, obtained first prizes for the two-year-old bull, ono-ycar-old bull, and heifer or cow, two years old; also second prizes for bull, and calf, and three-yoar-cow in milk, heifer one year old, and heifer calf. A number of locally owned cattle from Now Zealand strains figured largely in tho prize list.

For the first time in the history of ,the colony a barrister has been struck: off the rolls. Mr H; H. Lusk, formerly of New Zealand, is the offender. It is alleged he had not paid over a client's money! , Melbourne, March 21. The banks- have reduced the rates of interest to 2,3, and 4 per cent, for/three, and twelve months. Brisbane, March J2I. The rust in wheat conference%has opened its sittings. \ . : '■•£•' Adelaide, March 21. The police have arrested twentjf-'Six of the unemployed who persisted : in camping in the Botanic Park, on a charge of illegally being there. Perth, March 21; , News has been received from Coolgardie that Bailey's Reward claim struck the reef at 225 feet level, with gold showing as rich as on the surface. This development proves the value of the mine to that depth. -.;-■■ Horart, March 21. .

In consequence of the mining depression at Zeehan a thousand miners are idle, and many are leaving for the Western Australian goldfields.